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...steel 55-gallon oil drums left behind by the U.S. military during World War II. Pan evolved into Trinidad's musical pride and signature sound after the first Panorama competition was held in 1963. The Panorama finals competition is for serious calypso purists, and takes place on the Queen's Park Savannah in the capital, Port of Spain, on the Saturday night prior to Carnival Monday (it's Feb. 27 this year). But the semifinals are where the real action is. "The semifinals are great food, great drinks, great company - paradise on earth. If the world only knew - we islanders...
...Queen Trumped King. Before the crowd could get too philosophical about the event falling on Martin Luther King Day, opening presenter Queen Latifah reminded them what the night was really all about-money-when she touted her new movie, Last Holiday, and its weekend box office receipts. Always nice to have somebody help you keep it in perspective...
...JUMP ON THE VIRUS At least scientists and doctors can profit from Turkey's troubles. "There will be huge lessons to come out of these outbreaks," says John Oxford, a professor of virology at London's Queen Mary's School of Medicine. "Even the dad whose children died can reassure himself of that." The most crucial item of scientific information: who officials say they have so far seen nothing to indicate that the Turkish victims contracted bird flu from other people, the potential nightmare that could lead to a pandemic. Virologists at the National Institute for Medical Research (nimr...
Orman admits her unstinting focus isn't easy on friends. "They say, 'Oh, she's just being OCD again.'" But the finance queen makes no apologies: "It just works...
Among politiblogs, Ana Marie Cox, above, has long?in cyberterms anyway?reigned as queen. Her bawdy take on Washington made WONKETTE a must read. But with her novel Dog Days out and a big country to shill to, it was time to abdicate. Her successors: Alex Pareene, a sometime guest editor at GAWKER, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney David Lat, who had secretly written the blawg UNDERNEATH THEIR ROBES in the guise of a lusty, law-loving female. Lat quit his government job last month and trumpeted his new gig by blogging, "You can't keep a good...